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Beutal

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25059

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beutal (INSEE 25059) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 271 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25059-beutal

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,546 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.76107.6
Housing mix0.9754.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 162 peak 2012: 281 2023: 271 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 281 (2012) → 271 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 215 (1990) → 271 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 1.5 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km SE (Longevelle-sur-Doubs)Bakery — 2.1 km S (Longevelle-sur-Doubs)Food shop — 3.0 km NE (Montenois)GP — 3.1 km NE (Montenois)Pharmacy — 5.0 km SW (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs)
Primary school — 2.0 km SEBakery — 2.1 km SFood shop — 3.0 km NEGP — 3.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.0 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Longevelle-sur-Doubs): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montenois): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Montenois): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Longevelle-sur-Doubs): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MEDIERE weather station, 3.3 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 334 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 13.5 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 1,114 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MEDIERE, 3.3 km away at 302 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25059/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25059/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25059/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25059/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25345
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25394
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25315
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Escoussans33616 km SW27312.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 %
Jouaville54195 km N27411.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Briconville28408 km W27117.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Moulines14544 km W27214.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Denting57192 km N26815No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 97 %
Romagny6836 km NE27317.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Romagny6836 km NE27317.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Denting57192 km N26815No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 97 %
Jouaville54195 km N27411.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Briconville28408 km W27117.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Moulines14544 km W27214.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Escoussans33616 km SW27312.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Beutal's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Baraing39106 km SW25715.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Servilly03267 km SW2719.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Langy03275 km SW28015.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Géron43349 km SW24316.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Gignat63343 km SW25712.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Audelange3988 km SW25616.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %